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twelve

[twelv] / twɛlv /
ADJECTIVE
having twelve of something
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The firm said gas prices in the UK are twelve times higher than in the US, and eight times more expensive than the coal-based processes used by Chinese competitors.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Since 2013, Roblox says it has paid out more than $5 billion to creators, including $1.7 billion over the past twelve months.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The research effort began more than twelve years ago, when scientists repeatedly encountered frogs that clearly appeared to represent species that had never been formally described.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

“In fact, we’ve added more first-time users over the past twelve months than in any period over the past five years.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Another denizen of Miami’s canals, the huge snake was easily twelve feet long, with a spotted green-and-brown body as thick as Natalie’s leg.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

We need to think about the world in terms of twelves!

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 7, 2019

Six seeds are 86-50 against the elevens, fives are 89-47 against twelves, and once you get to fours vs. thirteens, you're in never gonna happen territory.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 18, 2019

Your teacher chants, “Twelve twelves, a hundred thirty-four.”

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2012

Off Newport, R.I., this summer, two new British twelves will fight it out for the right to challenge the U.S. in the best-of-seven series.

From Time Magazine Archive

He explained that he was quite sure there were more twelves involved.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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